Folding copy-holder for type-writers.



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FOLDING GOPYHOLDBR FOR- TYPE WRITERS.l APPLICATION FILED r1:1a,19.19o. v

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' .INVENTOR CLARENCE C. CHR\SMAN.

UNITED STATES cLARENcE. c. cHRIsMAN,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 30, 1906.

Application led February 19, 1906. Serial No. 301.873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE O. CHRIS- MAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Folding Copy-Holders for Type-Writers, ofwhich the following is a specification containing a full, clear, andexact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to a folding copyl holder for type-writers; and theobject of my ,which may be readily positioned at any angle on eitherside of the type-writer and operator.

vTo the above pur oses my inventlon consists of certain nove features ofconstruction and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter morefully set forth, ointed out in my claims, and illustrated in t eaccompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a plan view of my improvedcopy-holder, the same being folded andv positioned within the hollowbase. Fig. 2 1s a front elevation of the parts seen in Fig. 1 and aportion of a type-writer in position upon the hollow base. Fig. 3 is aplan view of the copy-holder unfolded and swung to one side of the base.Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical section taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1.Fig. 5 is an enlarged transverse section taken on the line 5 5of Fig. 1.Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail section taken on the line 6 6 of Fig. 3.Fig. 47 is a detail elevation showing the connection of a spring withthe copy-holding late. p In the construction of my improved copyholderthe housing or hollow basecomprises a bottom plate 1 and a top plate 2,which plates are approximately rectangular and of lthe same size, andpositioned between the side edges of said lates are strips 3, which donot extend all t e way to the front edges of said plates.

Located between the rear edges of the plates is a strip 4, and thus aflat hollow base 1s formed on which the type-writer is positioned.

y Formed in the top plate 1 and extending from the front to the rear ofthe center thereof is a slot 5, and extending parallel with the frontedge of the top plate 1s a slot 6, with which the slot 5 communicates.

7 designates an arm that is arranged to slide in the space between thelates 1 and 2, and seated in the top side of t e rear end of this arm isa pin 8, which extends u wardly through the slot 5 and is provide with ahead just above the top surface of the plate 2.

The forward end of the arm 7 is provided with a segmental plate 9, therebeing a shoulder 10 formed on top of this plate adjacent its ed e, andin said shoulder 1s formed a series o notches 11.

The outer end of the plate 9vis provided with a perforated ear 12, bymeans of which said plate is manually engaged when the plate and arm 7are withdrawn from the base of the holder.

A portion 13 at the forward end of the arm 7y extends over the plate 9,and pivotally held between said plates 13 and 9 is a plate 14, to whichis hinged a large rectangular plate 1 5, which forms the copy-holdingplate of my improved device. Rigidly fixed to the rear side of thisplate 15 and extending downwardly therefrom is a leaf-spring 16, thelower end of which is adapted to engage in any one of the notches 11.

A single length of wire 17 is bent into rectangular form and its endssecured together in any suitable manner, and springs 18 are formed inthe sides of the rectangularly-bent4 wire, which springs are engaged bystaples I9, secured to the front face of the plate 15 adjacent itssides. The tendency of these springs 18 is to press the ends of therectan ularlybent wire 17 onto the ends of the p ate 15, and thus retainin position on said plate 15 a book or sheet containing notes or matterthat is being transcribed by the stenographer psing the machine locatedon the hollow ase.

When the device is folded and out of use, the copy-holding plate 15 isswung upon its hinge, so that it lies face downwardly upon the arm 7, asseen by dotted linesin Fig. 3, and said plate and arm are now movedinwardly between the plates 1 and 2, and in so doing the pin 8 moves tothe rear end of the slot 5. Thus said parts are in an out-of-thewayposition while not in use.

To bring the copy-holder into use, the op- IOO IOS

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erator engages the perforated ear 12 and pulls forwardly to bring thearm 7 and parts carried thereby forwardly from between the plates 1 and2.

When the'pin 8 passes from the forward end of the slot 5 into the slot6, the plate 15 is elevated, and at the same time the arm is swungaround to the side in either direction and moved along to the side ofthe hollow base, with the pin S traveling in the slot 6.

lWhen the arm 7 is moved at right angles to the front edge of the base,one side of said arm Will bear against the forward end of thecorresponding one of the strips 3.

The plate 14 is now moved upon its pivot so as to swing the plate 15around into position where it can be readily seen by the operator of themachine, and the lower end of the leaf-spring 16 is engaged in one ofthe notches 11 to lock the plate 15 in proper position.

rlhe book or sheet containing the notes to be transcribed or copied isnow inserted beneath the ends of the spring 17 and is thus held in aposition convenient to the operator.

The copy-holding plate 15 can be adjusted laterally relative to thehollow base by moving the arm 7 outwardly or inwardly to the properpoint, and in 'so doing the pin 8 travells through the correspondingportion of the s ot 6.

.A copy-holder of my improved construction is simple, easily opened orfolded, holds the work on either side of the operator, and the housingthereof forms a substantial base on which the type-writer is positioned.

When not in use, the copy-holding plate is folded into an out-of-the-wayposition, and

therefore does not take up any room on the desk or table adjacent thetype-writer.

I claim- 1. In a copy-holder for type-writers, a hollow base, and acopy-holding plate arranged to dslide in said base; substantially asspeci- 2. In a copy-holder for type-writers, a hollow base, an armarranged to slide therein, and a copy-holding plate carried by said arm;substantially as specified.

3. In a copy-holder for type-writers, a hollow base, an arm arranged toslide therein, and an adjustable copy-holding plate hinged to the outerend of said arm; substantially as specified.

4. In a copy-holder for type-writers, a hollow base, an arm arranged toslide therein, a hinged copy-holding plate pivotally connected to theouter end of the arm, and a copy-holding spring arranged on the face ofthe copy -holding plate; substantially as specified.

5. In a copy-holder for type-writers, a hollow base, an arm arranged toslide therein, a hinged copy-holding plate pivotally connected to theouter end of the arm, and means whereby said plate is looked at variousplocslitions on said arm; substantially as speci- In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name to this specification in presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

CLARENCE C. CHRISMAN.

Witnesses:

M. P. SMITH, JOHN C. I-IIGDON.

